My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

A group of five pirates attacked at once. I had feared that they would be difficult, so I was a bit surprised when a single swipe had caused all of them to collapse to the ground. They weren’t dead. Alysia had done a soul strike. That wasn’t to say she killed their soul. Instead, she did an attack that shocked their soul and caused them to fall unconscious. Alysia was learning more and more tricks the longer she was a sword.

“These guys are pretty simple,” I said in a slightly surprised voice.

Given how boldly they attacked us, and also how much trouble they had given us with blocking my spells and sending out their own, I had been expecting a far more powerful enemy.

“Master, I’ve been meaning to ask this, but are you not aware of how powerful you are at this point? I know that we’ve been encountering powerful enemies of late, but few people are as strong as a demon lord, the soul of a planet, or even a hero and dungeon master at the height of his power.” Alysia explained.

I coughed lightly. “Ah, it’s not that I’m unaware. It’s just that I thought pirates would be stronger for some reason.”

When you played a game, monsters were supposed to get progressively stronger. I had found myself versing increasingly more powerful enemies. Yet these guys were probably at the same level as the bandits my group had defeated back when we were making out the first trip to the capital.

“Don’t get too comfortable. Just because the majority of the crew is weak doesn’t mean that the captain isn’t more powerful.”

As Alysia was saying this, several more pirates attacked, and they were dispatched as easily as the first batch. As I was fighting them, I was also starting to notice something that was off about them.

“Alysia…are they all-”

“Women… yes Master.”

“Is that common?”

“Not particularly. There are female pirates as much as there are female bandits. I’ve not heard of any all-female crews though.”

I nodded. It was strange to keep encountering women only. Some of them even looked genuinely offended to see a man on board. Even though I was overpowering them with ease, none of the women hesitated to attack me. They seemed to move with an almost fanatical devotion.

“How dare you sully this ship with your presence!” One woman cried as she lunged at me with a dagger, even though she had seen me just knock out three other women, who could have been dead for all she knew.

I decided to capture the woman. With the flick of my wrist, I sent her dagger flying and I pulled her into my grasp.

“Where is your captain?” I asked.

“You dare lay your hands upon me?” She shrieked. “You filthy man! Let go of me!”

I was about to ask her again when I felt a surge of power. I managed to just dodge aside before a wave of magic attack. I instantly could tell that it was darkness magic. I had to grab the woman and jump to the side or both of us might have been struck. She continued to struggle, apparently unconcerned that she almost died until I had Alysia knock her unconscious. I then stood up, looking to the source of the attack. A woman was standing there that I recognized immediately.

“Well, well, we meet again.” Calypso raised an eyebrow.